Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-11

nat the Cascade mosntaina, and e.
.eslslly thoss ia the vieiniiS q the
enooualmis Pass, are sioh 10 the
rv.sIous metals, e. wall e. in iron.
vazble and iImastons. Il no longer .
suUOosition, bat . clearly demonstrated
fset.
TIA latest disesvsEy. and ons Of ths
mos. imuortans yss uads, not exeaDt-
,re ne fanons Dcnny iron minis, has
80 eorne % light, ailkouQh u has been
E.o~n bV a lev Interested parties sfnos
f1ssgt last. The details were given 70
! Posx-IHTHL1InnnuEn reporter Lass
sysaisg By
s.n.,lusaudent of he Snoqualmie Hop
Ranch. His statement vas u sab
atanee 90 follows: slt4st spFlnR z nun
- Al citizens Of this couHtYs fnelud-
Ise myself, formed 8 eyudicols cd en-
uloyed George A. Pratt ana 1n0mAe
Thompson, two expeEleDoeo pFospeetoFs,
q ufospect IN the Cascade mcunfadns
"a a. We directed them 70 pay par
nesIaT attention 20 the mountains %
- riaes Of The aoush fork and the
mIadle fork Of the snoqualnle river.
a. August 25th they reported that -four
,nIlee northwest Of the Denny lion
1.Inss they had discovered 9 mountain
N naanetio iron, aGd brought soma
mmplea Of The quality. Ihay also se.
,sogtsd that adjoining tie iron they bad
Sisc0gsTed mountain Of marble lime
sone and
TKNNx LBDoEs OF SILVIA.
qha aamples they bFsnRhs were 90 good
thsi vs organised 9 paxsy q experts
and Wsnt IN there. We toand .ne stoly
~ not been balf told. We Rot large
EumbsF Of specimens from oaeh Of NE
veil defined lodges, which We aent On
for assay, and the report vas % favura-
BE thai ue ct once employed eompo-
tsns engineers 10 survey the land, and
AeteFmine whether ne mines wefe u
odd or even sections. We found thai
ne iron and part Of chs silver w1e u
even sessions, and ue ct once proceed
"a q locate oar claims. AZ ] said Be
fare. IheFe are three we'll defined iedaes
AZ silver, which aaaay ell the way from
20 10 e64 per ton. The largest ledge Il
ihiriV feet Thick, and ia Of brown poE.
eus Quartz, and assays "a per ton.
Thacs ledqes are on the south branch
AZ ~ middle fork OF the 6uoQnaimio,
ond Twelve miles from Ballal Prairie.
VIII an easy route for q railroad 20
within mile Of our claims.
TIM LOCATES
Ara George A. Pfatl, +. @. Wilson,
Riehafd JET, Nofnan b. Kelly and
ChefIea n, eheRfe. Each Of theee par
les has located an ir0n, marble. lime.
sloue ana silver claim. making 20 looa-
tins IN ell. The silver Lodges hage
besn named Silver Eake. N0nnt8in
Cost and Extensiop.' and the iron
mountain has been named Chair
pesk.i and tha mine itaslf, Snoquai-
mia Lode Harry WhitUoFth, oar en-
gineeF, named tia mountain on account
OF lie striking likeness 70 an old hEm
ehair. 10 the sprinR we are
0oHao TO our noAD
Directly into she heart Of eus ainss.
Rolna % the north fork, and We ere al
ready taking steps 70 ecmmenea eevel.
Dying our silver, and expect to Be well
undsF Way b. uaidsummeE. We VII
have no trouble In indueIng either The
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern or The
Oclnmsia and Puget Sound Company 10
build 10 oar mines rs soon as We are In
& position 10 do 20, and We expoas 20 be
In THAI position before q great while.
Our iron assays 81 per cent, pure Enag
netie iron, and We have enough IN siahe
% furnish tfafae for one Soad for 20
yeareH